Also, see theRecommended Artcategory of posts for a wide variety of magical artworks, old and new.

The paintings above are "Beauty and the Beast" by Charles Robinson (1870-1937), "The White Deer" by Virginia Frances Sterrett (1900-1931), and a detail from an illustration for "Thumbelina" by Charles Robinson's brother: William Heath Robinson (1872-1944). The drawings on the right are by H.J. Ford (1860-1941) and Florence Susan Harrison (1878-1955).

"The earliest storytellers were magi, seers, bards, griots, shamans. They were, it would seem, as old as time, and as terrifying to gaze upon as the mysteries with which they wrestled. They wrestled with mysteries and transformed them into myths which coded the world and helped the community to live through one more darkness, with eyes wide open and hearts set alight."